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Thursday, 14 June 2007

Auckland on alert over highly infectious eye virus

Auckland has been hit by a potentially serious eye infection - the largest reported outbreak of its type in New Zealand.

The region’s Public Health Service says in its latest Public Health Quarterly Report that since the start of last year, around 80 cases of conjunctivitis caused by adenovirus type 8 have been confirmed in Auckland.

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